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Moreover,
﴾ Are they not aware that Allah knows what they conceal and what they secretly discuss,
and that Allah is the knower of the unseen? ﴿
And when you present them with the verses of the Book
(Qur’an), they distort them. And when you present them
with the statements of the Prophet ﷺ, they dismiss them by
arguing that they are solitary narrations, or they attempt to
weaken them, or they distort them. And when you present
them with the statements of the companions and the scholars,
they do as they did with the texts of revelation. Or they
accuse that scholar of anthropomorphism and disbelief.
﴾ Do you possess any knowledge that you can produce for us? ﴿
He is as He was.”
You see in them the statement of the All-Knowing, the All-
Aware:
ِ ِ ِِ
ُ ﴿إِن ﺗَـﺘﱠﺒِﻌُﻮَن إِﱠﻻ اﻟﻈﱠﱠﻦ َوإِْن أَﻧﺘُْﻢ إِﱠﻻ َﲣُْﺮ
َ ﺻﻮَن ﻗُْﻞ ﻓَﻠﻠﱠﻪ اْﳊُﱠﺠﺔُ اﻟْﺒَﺎﻟﻐَﺔُ ۖ ﻓَـﻠَْﻮ َﺷﺎءَ َﳍََﺪاُﻛْﻢ أَْﲨَﻌ
﴾ﲔ
﴾ You follow not but assumption, and you are not but falsifying Say, ‘To Allah
belongs the clear argument. Had He willed, He could have guided you all. ﴿
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(1) Book: Hikayat al-Munadara fi al-Qur’an Ma’ Ba’dh Ahl al-Bida’ page 35, Publisher:
Maktabat al-Rushd, 1st Edition.
And if you said
That Allah said about Himself what you said about Him, or
what His Messenger ﷺsaid about Him, or what His
Messenger’s companions said about Him. They were only
able to bring you general texts, which we are more deserving
of than them, or they could bring you a false hadith that their
Sheikh Abd al-Qaher al-Baghdadi attributed to ’Ali bin Abi
Talib may Allah be pleased with him, so they left the book
and the Sunnah and the sayings of the companions and the
consensus, and followed what the devils recited to them from
the books of the Greeks, to reject the speech of Allah with all
audacity. Look at their Sheikh Al-Amidi after filling his book
with the incantations of Satan that he received from the
philosophers. He says: “And perhaps the opponent may cling
on here to the apparent from the Book and the Sunnah and
the sayings of some imams, which are entirely speculative,
and it is not justified to use them in definitive issues. This is
why we preferred to turn away from it and did not waste our
time mentioning it”(2) While you find him citing the
statements of the infidel Aristotle in the matters of his
religion and knowing of his Lord, and calling him “The first
teacher”. (3)
﴾Was a covenant not taken from them in the Scripture that they would not say anything
about Allah except the truth? and they studied what was in it? And the home of the
Hereafter is better for those who fear Allah, will you not understand? ﴿
﴾ And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed,
assumption avails not against the truth at all So turn away from whoever turns his
back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life That is their sum of
knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is
most knowing of who is guided [ ﴿An-Najm : 28-30]
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(2) Book: Ghayat al-Maram fi ’Ilm al-Kalam, p. 200. Publisher: Al-Majlis al-a’la lil
Shu’un al-Islamiyyah - Cairo. (3) The same book, p. 203.
Firstly: The Verses Of The Mighty
Book
Here I would like to point out that I quoted the context in its
entirety, and I have a purpose in it, which is that the one who
ponders over the context finds it preceded and followed by
affirmations of the meaning, so blessed are those who reflect
upon it.
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﴾ Are they waiting for the fulfillment of its warning? On the Day that warning is fulfilled,
those that have neglected it before will say: ‘The Messengers of Our Lord did indeed bring
forth the truth. Are there any intercessors who will now plead on our behalf? Or, can we
be restored to life that we might perform differently from that which we did? ‘ They surely
ended in utter loss, and the lies they had fabricated failed them Indeed, your Lord is
Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then rose above the Throne. He
covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun,
the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation
and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds. ﴿ [Al-A’raf 53-54]
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ض ِﰲ ِﺳﺘﱠِﺔ أَﱠ’ٍم ُﰒﱠ اْﺳﺘَـَﻮٰى َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟَْﻌْﺮِش ۖ ﻳَُﺪﺑُِّﺮ ْﻷَْﻣَﺮ ۖ َﻣﺎ ِﻣﻦ ِ ِ
َ ُ اﻟﱠﺬي َﺧﻠََﻖ اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات َواْﻷَْر1﴿إِﱠن َرﺑﱠُﻜُﻢ اﱠ
﴾ُ َرﺑﱡُﻜْﻢ ﻓَﺎْﻋﺒُُﺪوﻩُ ۚ أَﻓََﻼ ﺗََﺬﱠﻛُﺮوَن 1َﺷِﻔﻴٍﻊ إِﱠﻻ ِﻣﻦ ﺑَـْﻌِﺪ إِْذﻧِِﻪ ۚ َٰذﻟُِﻜُﻢ اﱠ
﴾ Surely, your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and then
rose above the Throne, disposing the affair of all things. There is no intercessor except
after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Then will you not
remember? [ ﴿ Yunus 3]
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ِ ِٰ ِ ِ ﴿اﳌﺮ ۚ ﺗِْﻠﻚ آ’ت اﻟِْﻜﺘﺎ
ُ1ﻚ اْﳊَﱡﻖ َوﻟَﻜﱠﻦ أَْﻛﺜَـَﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﺎِس َﻻ ﻳـُْﺆﻣﻨُﻮَن اﱠ َ ِّﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﱠرﺑ
َ ب ۗ َواﻟﱠﺬي أُﻧِﺰَل إِﻟَْﻴ َ ُ َ َ
ﺲ َواﻟَْﻘَﻤَﺮ ۖ ُﻛﻞﱞ َْﳚِﺮي ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ ِﱠ
َ اﻟﺬي َرﻓََﻊ اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات ﺑﻐَْﲑ َﻋَﻤﺪ ﺗَـَﺮْوَ¡َﺎ ۖ ُﰒﱠ اْﺳﺘَـَﻮٰى َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟَْﻌْﺮش ۖ َوَﺳﱠﺨَﺮ اﻟﱠﺸْﻤ
﴾ت ﻟََﻌﻠﱠُﻜﻢ ﺑِﻠَِﻘﺎِء َرﺑُِّﻜْﻢ ﺗُﻮﻗِﻨُﻮَن ِ ’ﺼﻞ اْﻵ ِ ِ
َ ُ ّ ﻤﻰ ۚ ﻳَُﺪﺑُّﺮ اْﻷَْﻣَﺮ ﻳـَُﻔ¤ﻷََﺟٍﻞ ﱡﻣَﺴ
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﴾ Alif-Lãm-Mĩm-Ra. These are the verses of the Book. What has been revealed to you ˹O
Prophet˺ from your Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe It is Allah Who
has raised the heavens without pillars—as you can see—then rose above the Throne.
He has subjected the sun and the moon, each running for an appointed term. He arranges
[each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain
[ ﴿Al-Ra’d 1-2]
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ِ ِ ِ ِ
َ ﻚ اﻟُْﻘْﺮآَن ﻟﺘَْﺸَﻘﻰ إِﻻﱠ ﺗَْﺬﻛَﺮًة ﻟَّﻤﻦ َﳜَْﺸﻰ ﺗَﻨِﺰﻳﻼ ّﳑﱠْﻦ َﺧﻠََﻖ اﻷَْر
ض َ ﴿ﻃﻪ َﻣﺎ أَﻧَﺰﻟْﻨَﺎ َﻋﻠَْﻴ
ِ ت َوَﻣﺎ ِﰲ اﻷَْر
ض َوَﻣﺎ ِ ت اﻟْﻌﻠَﻰ اﻟﱠﺮْﲪﻦ ﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟْﻌﺮِش اﺳﺘـﻮى ﻟَﻪ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﱠﺴﻤﺎوا ِ
ََ َُ َ َ ْ َْ َ ُ َ ُ َواﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوا
ِ ِ
ُُ ﻻ إِﻟَﻪَ إِﻻﱠ ُﻫَﻮ ﻟَﻪ1ﺖ اﻟﺜﱠـَﺮى َوإِن َْﲡَﻬْﺮ ِ‹ﻟَْﻘْﻮل ﻓَِﺈﻧﱠﻪُ ﻳَـْﻌﻠَُﻢ اﻟّﺴﱠﺮ َوأَْﺧَﻔﻰ اﱠ َ ﺑَـْﻴـﻨَـُﻬَﻤﺎ َوَﻣﺎ َْﲢ
﴾اﻷَْﲰَﺎء اْﳊُْﺴَﲎ
﴾ Ṭâ-Hâ We have not sent down the book (Qur’an) to you ˹O Prophet˺ to cause you
distress, but as a reminder to those in awe ˹of Allah˺ A successive sending
down from the One Who created the earth and the high heavens The Most
Compassionate rose above the Throne To Him belongs what is in the heavens and
what is on the earth and what is between them and what is under the soil And if you
speak aloud – then indeed, He knows the secret and what is [even] more hidden
Allah! there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names ﴿
[Taha 1-8]
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ب ِﻋﺒَﺎِدِﻩ َﺧﺒًِﲑا اﻟﱠِﺬي َﺧﻠََﻖ ت وﺳﺒِﺢ ِﲝَﻤِﺪِﻩ وَﻛَﻔﻰ ﺑِِﻪ ﺑُِﺬﻧُﻮ ِ ﱠِ
﴿َوﺗَـَﻮﱠﻛْﻞ َﻋﻠَﻰ اْﳊَِّﻲ اﻟﺬي ﻻ َﳝُﻮ ُ َ َ ّ ْ ْ َ
ض َوَﻣﺎ ﺑَـْﻴـﻨَـُﻬَﻤﺎ ِﰲ ِﺳﺘﱠِﺔ أَﱠ’ٍم ُﰒﱠ اْﺳﺘَـَﻮى َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟَْﻌْﺮِش اﻟﱠﺮْﲪَُﻦ ﻓَﺎْﺳﺄَْل ﺑِِﻪ َﺧﺒًِﲑا َوإَِذا ِ
اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات َواﻷَْر َ
ﻗِﻴَﻞ َﳍُُﻢ اْﺳُﺠُﺪوا ﻟِﻠﱠﺮْﲪَِﻦ ﻗَﺎﻟُﻮا َوَﻣﺎ اﻟﱠﺮْﲪَُﻦ أَﻧَْﺴُﺠُﺪ ﻟَِﻤﺎ َ…ُْﻣُﺮَ~ َوَزاَدُﻫْﻢ ﻧـُُﻔﻮًرا ﴾
﴾ And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allah] with His praise. And
He who created the sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, Acquainted
heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then rose above the
And when it is said Throne – the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed
?to them, “Prostrate to the Most Merciful,” they say, “And what is the Most Merciful
﴿ Should we prostrate to that which you order us?” And it increases them in aversion
][Al-Furqan 58-60
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ﲔ أَْم ﻳَـُﻘﻮﻟُﻮَن اﻓََْﱰاﻩُ ﺑَْﻞ ُﻫَﻮ اْﳊَﱡﻖ ِﻣﻦ ﱠرﺑِّ َ ِ ب ﻻ رﻳ ِ ِ ِ ﴿اﱂ ﺗَﻨِﺰﻳﻞ اﻟِْﻜﺘَﺎ ِ
ﻚ ب اﻟَْﻌﺎﻟَﻤ َ ﺐ ﻓﻴﻪ ﻣﻦ ﱠر ِّ َْ َ ُ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ض َوَﻣﺎ ﻚ ﻟََﻌﻠﱠُﻬْﻢ ﻳَـْﻬﺘَُﺪوَن اﱠ ُ1اﻟﱠﺬي َﺧﻠََﻖ اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات َواﻷَْر َ ﻟﺘُﻨﺬَر ﻗَـْﻮًﻣﺎ ﱠﻣﺎ أََُµﻫﻢ ِّﻣﻦ ﻧﱠﺬﻳٍﺮ ِّﻣﻦ ﻗَـْﺒﻠ َ
ﱄ َوﻻ َﺷِﻔﻴٍﻊ أَﻓَﻼ ﺗَـﺘََﺬﱠﻛُﺮوَن ِ ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِِ ٍ
ﺑَـْﻴـﻨَـُﻬَﻤﺎ ﰲ ﺳﺘﱠﺔ أَﱠ’م ُﰒﱠ اْﺳﺘَـَﻮى َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟَْﻌْﺮِش َﻣﺎ ﻟَُﻜﻢ ّﻣﻦ ُدوﻧﻪ ﻣﻦ َو ٍّ
ﻒ َﺳﻨٍَﺔ ِّﳑﱠﺎ ﺗَـﻌُﱡﺪوَن ِ ٍ ِ
ض ُﰒﱠ ﻳَـْﻌُﺮُج إِﻟَْﻴﻪ ِﰲ ﻳَـْﻮم َﻛﺎَن ﻣْﻘَﺪاُرﻩُ أَﻟْ َ ﻳَُﺪﺑُِّﺮ اﻷَْﻣَﺮ ِﻣَﻦ اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎء إَِﱃ اﻷَْر ِ
ﺐ َواﻟﱠﺸَﻬﺎَدِة اﻟَْﻌِﺰﻳُﺰ اﻟﱠﺮِﺣﻴُﻢ ﴾ ﻚ َﻋﺎِﱂُ اﻟْﻐَْﻴ ِ ِ
َذﻟ َ
﴾ Alif, Lam, Meem The successive sending down of the Book which there is no doubt
from the Lord of the worlds Or do they say, “He invented it”? Rather, it is the truth
from your Lord, [O Muhammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has
come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided It is Allah who created the heavens
and the earth and whatever is between them in six days; then rose above the Throne. You
have not from beneath (other than) Him any protector or any intercessor; so will you not
be reminded? He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend
to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count
That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful
[ ﴿ Al-Sajdah 1-6]
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ِ ض ِﰲ ِﺳﺘﱠِﺔ أَﱠ’ٍم ُﰒﱠ اْﺳﺘَـَﻮى َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟَْﻌْﺮِش ﻳَـْﻌﻠَُﻢ َﻣﺎ ﻳَﻠُِﺞ ِﰲ اﻷَْر
ض َوَﻣﺎ ِ ِ
َ ﴿ُﻫَﻮ اﻟﱠﺬي َﺧﻠََﻖ اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات َواﻷَْر
﴾ﺼﲑٌ ِ ِﲟَﺎ ﺗَـﻌﻤﻠُﻮَن ﺑ1َﳜْﺮج ِﻣْﻨـﻬﺎ وﻣﺎ ﻳﻨِﺰُل ِﻣﻦ اﻟﱠﺴﻤﺎء وﻣﺎ ﻳـﻌﺮج ﻓِﻴﻬﺎ وﻫﻮ ﻣﻌُﻜﻢ أَﻳﻦ ﻣﺎ ُﻛﻨﺘُﻢ واﱠ
َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ُ ُْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ُ ُ
﴾ It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then rose above The Throne.
He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends
from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you wherever you are. And
Allah, of what you do, is Seeing [ ﴿ Al-Hadid 4]
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ِ ِ ِ ٍ ٍ ِ ِ
ﻚَ ض ﺑَـْﻌَﺪ َﻣْﻮ¼َﺎ َﻛَﺬﻟ َ ُ اﻟﱠﺬي أَْرَﺳَﻞ اﻟِّﺮَ’َح ﻓَـﺘُﺜﲑُ َﺳَﺤﺎً‹ ﻓَُﺴْﻘﻨَﺎﻩُ إَِﱃ ﺑَـﻠَﺪ ﱠﻣﻴِّﺖ ﻓَﺄَْﺣﻴَـْﻴـﻨَﺎ ﺑِﻪ اﻷَْر1﴿َواﱠ
ﺼﺎﻟُِﺢ ﻳَـْﺮﻓَـﻌُﻪُ َواﻟﱠِﺬﻳَﻦ ِ ِ
ُ ّﺼَﻌُﺪ اﻟَْﻜﻠُﻢ اﻟﻄﱠﻴ
ﺐ َواﻟَْﻌَﻤُﻞ اﻟ ﱠ ِ ِ ِ ِِ ِ
ْ َاﻟﻨﱡُﺸﻮُر َﻣﻦ َﻛﺎَن ﻳُِﺮﻳُﺪ اﻟْﻌﱠﺰَة ﻓَﻠﻠﱠﻪ اﻟْﻌﱠﺰةُ َﲨﻴًﻌﺎ إِﻟَْﻴﻪ ﻳ
ِ ِ
﴾ﻚ ُﻫَﻮ ﻳَـﺒُﻮُر َ ِب َﺷﺪﻳٌﺪ َوَﻣْﻜُﺮ أُْوﻟَﺌ ٌ َﳝُْﻜُﺮوَن اﻟﱠﺴﻴِّﺌَﺎت َﳍُْﻢ َﻋَﺬا
﴾ And it is Allah who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds, and We drive them to a
dead land and give life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Thus is the resurrection
Whoever desires honor [through power] – then to Allah belongs all honor. To Him
ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it. But they who plot evil deeds will have
a severe punishment, and the plotting of those – it will perish [ ﴿ Fatir 9-10]
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﴾ And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of
creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant They fear their Lord
above them, and they do what they are commanded ۩ [ ﴿ Al-Nahl 49-50]
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﴾ [Mention] when Allah said, “O ‘Isa (Jesus), indeed I will take you and raise you to
Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in
submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection.
Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you [All] concerning that in which you
used to differ [ ﴿ Al-‘Imran 55]
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ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ُ1ﻒ ﺑَْﻞ ﻃَﺒََﻊ اﱠ ٌ َوﻗَـْﺘﻠِﻬُﻢ اﻷَﻧﺒِﻴَﺎء ﺑِﻐَ ِْﲑ َﺣٍّﻖ َوﻗَـْﻮﳍْﻢ ﻗُـﻠُﻮﺑـُﻨَﺎ ﻏُْﻠ1َ’ت اﱠÂِ ﻀِﻬﻢ ِّﻣﻴﺜَﺎﻗَـُﻬْﻢ َوُﻛْﻔِﺮﻫﻢ ِ ﴿ﻓَﺒِﻤﺎ ﻧَـْﻘ
َ
َﻋﻠَْﻴـَﻬﺎ ﺑُِﻜْﻔِﺮِﻫْﻢ ﻓَﻼَ ﻳـُْﺆِﻣﻨُﻮَن إِﻻﱠ ﻗَﻠِﻴﻼً َوﺑُِﻜْﻔِﺮِﻫْﻢ َوﻗَـْﻮِﳍِْﻢ َﻋﻠَﻰ َﻣْﺮَﱘَ ُ¿ْﺘَﺎً~ َﻋِﻈﻴًﻤﺎ َوﻗَـْﻮِﳍِْﻢ إِﱠ~ ﻗَـﺘَـْﻠﻨَﺎ
ﺻﻠَﺒُﻮﻩُ َوﻟَِﻜﻦ ُﺷﺒِّﻪَ َﳍُْﻢ َوإِﱠن اﻟﱠِﺬﻳَﻦ اْﺧﺘَـﻠَُﻔﻮاْ ﻓِﻴِﻪ ﻟَِﻔﻲ ِ ِ ِ
َ َوَﻣﺎ ﻗَـﺘَـﻠُﻮﻩُ َوَﻣﺎ1اﻟَْﻤﺴﻴَﺢ ﻋﻴَﺴﻰ اﺑَْﻦ َﻣْﺮَﱘَ َرُﺳﻮَل اﱠ
ُ َﻋِﺰﻳًﺰا َﺣِﻜﻴًﻤﺎ1ُ إِﻟَْﻴِﻪ َوَﻛﺎَن اﱠ1ع اﻟﻈﱠ ِّﻦ َوَﻣﺎ ﻗَـﺘَـﻠُﻮﻩُ ﻳَِﻘﻴﻨًﺎ ﺑَﻞ ﱠرﻓَـَﻌﻪُ اﱠ ِ ِ ِِ ِ ٍّ َﺷ
َ ﻚ ّﻣْﻨﻪُ َﻣﺎ َﳍُﻢ ﺑِﻪ ﻣْﻦ ﻋْﻠٍﻢ إِﻻﱠ اﺗّﺒَﺎ
﴾
﴾ And [We cursed them] for their breaking of the covenant and their disbelief in the signs
of Allah and their killing of the prophets without right and their saying, “Our hearts are
wrapped”. Rather, Allah has sealed them because of their disbelief, so they believe not,
except for a few And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against
Mary a great slander And [for] their saying, “Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, ‘Isa
(Jesus), the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.” And they did not kill him, nor did they
crucify him; but so it was made to appear to them, And indeed, those who differ over it are
in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And
they did not kill him, for certain Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is
Allah Almighty, All-Wise [ ﴿ Al-Nisa 155-158]
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ﺼُﻔﻮَن َوﻟَﻪُ َﻣﻦ ِﰲ ِ َف ِ‹ْﳊ ِﻖ ﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟْﺒﺎِﻃِﻞ ﻓَـﻴْﺪﻣﻐُﻪ ﻓَِﺈَذا ﻫﻮ َزاِﻫﻖ وﻟَُﻜﻢ اﻟْﻮﻳﻞ ِﳑﱠﺎ ﺗ ِ
ُ َْ ُ َ ٌ َُ ُ َ َ َ َ ّ َ ُ ﴿ﺑَْﻞ ﻧَـْﻘﺬ
ض َوَﻣْﻦ ِﻋﻨَﺪﻩُ ﻻ ﻳَْﺴﺘَْﻜِﱪُوَن َﻋْﻦ ِﻋﺒَﺎَدﺗِِﻪ َوﻻ ﻳَْﺴﺘَْﺤِﺴُﺮوَن ﻳَُﺴﺒُِّﺤﻮَن اﻟﻠﱠْﻴَﻞ َواﻟﻨﱠـَﻬﺎَر ِ ت َواﻷَْر ِ اﻟﱠﺴﻤﺎوا
ََ
µَُ ﻟََﻔَﺴَﺪ1ض ُﻫْﻢ ﻳُﻨِﺸُﺮوَن ﻟَْﻮ َﻛﺎَن ﻓِﻴِﻬَﻤﺎ آِﳍَﺔٌ إِﻻﱠ اﱠ ِ ﻻ ﻳَـْﻔُﱰُوَن أَِم اﱠﲣَُﺬوا آِﳍَﺔً ِّﻣَﻦ اﻷَْر
ﺼُﻔﻮَن ﻻ ﻳُْﺴﺄَُل َﻋﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَـْﻔَﻌُﻞ َوُﻫْﻢ ﻳُْﺴﺄَﻟُﻮَن أَِم اﱠﲣَُﺬوا ِﻣﻦ ُدوﻧِِﻪ ِ ب اﻟْﻌﺮِش ﻋﱠﻤﺎ ﻳ ِ ِ
َ َ ْ َ ّ َر1ﻓَُﺴْﺒَﺤﺎَن اﱠ
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ﺿﻮَن ُ آﳍَﺔً ﻗُْﻞ َﻫﺎﺗُﻮا ﺑـُْﺮَﻫﺎﻧَُﻜْﻢ َﻫَﺬا ذْﻛُﺮ َﻣﻦ ﱠﻣﻌَﻲ َوذْﻛُﺮ َﻣﻦ ﻗَـْﺒﻠﻲ ﺑَْﻞ أَْﻛﺜَـُﺮُﻫْﻢ ﻻ ﻳَـْﻌﻠَُﻤﻮَن اْﳊَﱠﻖ ﻓَـُﻬﻢ ﱡﻣْﻌِﺮ
﴾
﴾ Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs.
And for you is destruction from that which you describe To Him belongs whoever is
in the heavens and the earth. And those [Angels] with Him are not prevented by arrogance
from His worship, nor do they tire They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not
slacken Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the
dead]? Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both
would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned Or have
they taken gods from beneath (other than) Him? Say, [O Muhammad], “Produce your
proof. This [Qur’an] is the message for those with me and the message of those before
me.” But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away ﴿
[Al-Anbiya 18-24]
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ِي ﺷﻲٍء أَْﻛﱪ ﺷﻬﺎدًة ﻗُِﻞ ا ﱠ ِ ِِ ِ ِ
َﺷِﻬﻴٌﺪ ﺑَـْﻴِﲏ1 َ َ َ َُ ْ َ ﴿َوُﻫَﻮ اﻟَْﻘﺎﻫُﺮ ﻓَـْﻮَق ﻋﺒَﺎدﻩ َوُﻫَﻮ اْﳊَﻜﻴُﻢ اْﳋَﺒِﲑُ ﻗُْﻞ أَ ﱡ
آِﳍَﺔً أُْﺧَﺮى ﻗُﻞ ﻻﱠ1 ِﱄ ﻫَﺬا اﻟُْﻘﺮآُن ﻷُﻧِﺬرُﻛﻢ ﺑِِﻪ وﻣﻦ ﺑـﻠَﻎ أَﺋِﻨﱠُﻜﻢ ﻟَﺘْﺸﻬُﺪوَن أَﱠن ﻣﻊ ا ﱠ
ََ َ َ ْ َ َ ََ َ
ِ ِ
ْ َ َوﺑَـْﻴـﻨَُﻜْﻢ َوأُوﺣَﻲ إ َﱠ
﴾أَْﺷَﻬُﺪ ﻗُْﻞ إِﱠﳕَﺎ ُﻫَﻮ إِﻟَﻪٌ َواِﺣٌﺪ َوإِﻧﱠِﲏ ﺑَِﺮيءٌ ِّﳑﱠﺎ ﺗُْﺸِﺮُﻛﻮَن
﴾ And He is the subjugator over His servants. And He is the All-Wise, All-Aware Say,
“What thing is greatest in testimony?” Say, “Allah is witness between me and you. And
this Qur’an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches. Do
you [truly] testify that with Allah there are other deities?” Say, “I will not testify [with
you].” Say, “Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with
Him] [ ﴿ Al-An’am 18-19]
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﴾ Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted? It is He
who made the earth tame for you – so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision –
and to Him is the resurrection Do you feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not
cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)? Or
do you feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not send against you a violent tornado
(with showers of stones), so that ye shall know how (terrible) was My warning? But
indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how (terrible) was My rejection (of
them)? Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding
them in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things,
Seeing Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you from beneath (other
than) the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion ﴿
[Al-Mulk 14-20]
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﴿َوﻗَﺎَل ُﻣﻮَﺳﻰ َرِّﰊ أَْﻋﻠَُﻢ ِﲟَﻦ َﺟﺎءَ ِ‹ْﳍَُﺪى ِﻣْﻦ ِﻋﻨِﺪِﻩ َوَﻣﻦ ﺗَُﻜﻮُن ﻟَﻪُ َﻋﺎﻗِﺒَﺔُ اﻟﱠﺪاِر إِﻧﱠﻪُ ﻻ ﻳـُْﻔﻠُِﺢ اﻟﻈﱠﺎﻟُِﻤﻮَن
ﺻْﺮًﺣﺎ َ ﲔ ﻓَﺎْﺟَﻌﻞ ِّﱄ ِ ّﺖ ﻟَُﻜﻢ ِّﻣْﻦ إِﻟٍَﻪ َﻏ ِْﲑي ﻓَﺄَْوﻗِْﺪ ِﱄ َ’ َﻫﺎَﻣﺎُن َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟ ِﻄ ِ
ُ َوﻗَﺎَل َ’ أَﻳـﱡَﻬﺎ اﻟَْﻤَﻸُ َﻣﺎ َﻋﻠْﻤ
ض ﺑِﻐَ ِْﲑ اْﳊَِّﻖ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ِ ﲔ َواْﺳﺘَْﻜ ََﱪ ُﻫَﻮ َوُﺟﻨُﻮُدﻩُ ِﰲ اﻷَْر َ ِﻟﱠَﻌﻠّﻲ أَﻃﱠﻠُﻊ إَِﱃ إِﻟَﻪ ُﻣﻮَﺳﻰ َوإِِّﱐ َﻷَﻇُﻨﱡﻪُ ﻣَﻦ اﻟَْﻜﺎذﺑ
ِِ ِ
ﲔَ ﻒ َﻛﺎَن َﻋﺎﻗﺒَﺔُ اﻟﻈﱠﺎﻟﻤ َ َوﻇَﻨﱡﻮا أَﱠ¡ُْﻢ إِﻟَْﻴـﻨَﺎ ﻻ ﻳـُْﺮَﺟﻌُﻮَن ﻓَﺄََﺧْﺬَ~ﻩُ َوُﺟﻨُﻮَدﻩُ ﻓَـﻨَـﺒَْﺬَ~ُﻫْﻢ ِﰲ اﻟْﻴَِّﻢ ﻓَﺎﻧﻈُْﺮ َﻛْﻴ
ﺼُﺮوَن َوأَﺗْـﺒَـْﻌﻨَﺎُﻫْﻢ ِﰲ َﻫِﺬِﻩ اﻟﱡﺪﻧْـﻴَﺎ ﻟَْﻌﻨَﺔً َوﻳَـْﻮَم ِ ِ ِ
َ َوَﺟَﻌْﻠﻨَﺎُﻫْﻢ أَﺋﱠﻤﺔً ﻳَْﺪﻋُﻮَن إَِﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﺎِر َوﻳَـْﻮَم اﻟْﻘﻴَﺎَﻣﺔ ﻻ ﻳُﻨ
ﺼﺎﺋَِﺮ ِ ِ اﻟِْﻘﻴﺎﻣِﺔ ﻫﻢ ِﻣﻦ اﻟْﻤْﻘﺒﻮِﺣﲔ وﻟََﻘْﺪ آﺗَـﻴـﻨﺎ ﻣﻮﺳﻰ اﻟِْﻜﺘﺎ
َ َب ﻣﻦ ﺑَـْﻌﺪ َﻣﺎ أَْﻫﻠَْﻜﻨَﺎ اﻟُْﻘُﺮوَن اﻷُوَﱃ ﺑ َ َ َ ُ َْ َ َ ُ َ َّ ُ ََ
﴾ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﺎِس َوُﻫًﺪى َوَرْﲪَﺔً ﻟﱠَﻌﻠﱠُﻬْﻢ ﻳَـﺘََﺬﱠﻛُﺮوَن
﴾ And Moses said, “My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with
guidance from Him and to whom will be succession in the home. Indeed, wrongdoers do
not succeed.” And Pharaoh said, “O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a
god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a
tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars.”
And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought
that they would not be returned to Us So We took him and his soldiers and threw
them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers And We made them
leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped
And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection
they will be of the despised And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had
destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and
mercy that they might be reminded [ ﴿ Al-Qasas 37-43]
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ِت ا ﱠ
ُﻫْﻢ َﻛ َُﱪµََ ﺑِﻐَ ِْﲑ ُﺳْﻠﻄَﺎٍن أ1 ِ ’ب اﻟﱠِﺬﻳﻦ ُﳚﺎِدﻟُﻮَن ِﰲ آµَف ﱡﻣﺮ ِ َ ِ﴿َﻛَﺬﻟ
َ َ َ ٌ ْ ٌ ُ َﻣْﻦ ُﻫَﻮ ُﻣْﺴِﺮ1ﻚ ﻳُﻀﱡﻞ اﱠ
’َ ﺐ ُﻣﺘََﻜٍِّﱪ َﺟﺒﱠﺎٍر َوﻗَﺎَل ﻓِْﺮَﻋْﻮُن ِ َﻋﻠَﻰ ُﻛ ِﻞ ﻗَـْﻠ1ﻚ ﻳَﻄْﺒَُﻊ اﱠ
ّ ُ
ِ ِ ِ
َ َوِﻋﻨَﺪ اﻟﱠﺬﻳَﻦ آَﻣﻨُﻮا َﻛَﺬﻟ1َﻣْﻘﺘًﺎ ِﻋﻨَﺪ اﱠ
ِ ِ ِ ِ
ُب اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات ﻓَﺄَﻃﱠﻠَﻊ إَِﱃ إِﻟَﻪ ُﻣﻮَﺳﻰ َوإِِّﱐ َﻷَﻇُﻨﱡﻪ َ ب أَْﺳﺒَﺎ َ ﺻْﺮًﺣﺎ ﻟﱠَﻌﻠّﻲ أَﺑْـﻠُُﻎ اﻷَْﺳﺒَﺎ
َ َﻫﺎَﻣﺎُن اﺑِْﻦ ِﱄ
ب َوﻗَﺎَل اﻟﱠِﺬي ٍ ﻚ ُزﻳِﻦ ﻟِِﻔﺮَﻋﻮَن ﺳﻮء َﻋﻤﻠِِﻪ وﺻﱠﺪ َﻋِﻦ اﻟﱠﺴﺒِﻴِﻞ وﻣﺎ َﻛْﻴُﺪ ﻓِﺮَﻋﻮَن إِﻻﱠ ِﰲ ﺗَـﺒﺎ
َ ْ ْ ََ ُ َ َ ُ ُ ْ ْ َ ّ َ َﻛﺎذً‹ َوَﻛَﺬﻟ
ِ ِ
﴾آَﻣَﻦ َ’ ﻗَـْﻮِم اﺗﱠﺒِﻌُﻮِن أَْﻫِﺪُﻛْﻢ َﺳﺒِﻴَﻞ اﻟﱠﺮَﺷﺎِد
﴾ Thus does Allah leave astray he who is a transgressor and skeptic.” Those who
dispute concerning the signs of Allah without an authority having come to them – great is
hatred [of them] in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who have believed. Thus
does Allah seal over every heart [belonging to] an arrogant tyrant And Pharaoh said,
“O Haman, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways The ways into the
heavens – so that I may look at the Lord of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar.” And
thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted from the
[right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except in ruin And he who believed
said, “O my people, follow me, I will guide you to the way of right conduct ﴿
[Gafir 34-38]
❋ ❋
Secondly: The Speech of the Holy
Prophet ﷺ
and It was narrated by Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi in “Ithbat Sifat al-’Uluw” after
saying: “The mentioning of the authentic and clear hadiths that Allah Almighty is in
heaven.” And he said: This is authentic. Narrated by Muslim in his Sahih and Malik
In his Muwatta, Abu Dawud, An-Nasa'i, and Abu Dawud Al-Tayalisi.
2) The Heaven In Which Allah Almighty Is
Narrated by Ibn Hurayrah that the messenger of Allah ﷺsaid: {The
dead (the one about to die) is attended by the angels, and if the man is
righteous, they say: Come out, O good soul, it was in a good body,
come out commendable, learn of glad tidings for you, and a Lord who
is not angry. It continues to be told so until it (the soul) leaves (the
body), then it is taken up to the to the sky, and it is opened for it, and it
is said : Who is this? They say: So-and-so, and it is said: Welcome
to the good soul, it was in a good body, enter praiseworthy, and learn
of glad tidings, and a Lord who is not angry, and it is still said so to it
until it ends up to the heaven in which Allah Almighty is}
It was narrated by Ahmad (8769), (25090), Ibn Majah (4262) and Al-Dhahabi
in “Al-Arba’in fi sifaat Rabb al-‘Alamin” (24) and he said: This is an authentic
hadith according to the conditions of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and they did not
report it {put it in their books}. I said: It was authenticated by Al-Busiri in Al-
Zawa’id and “Misbah Al-Zujajjah” vol. 4, p. 250. It was narrated by Ibn
Qudaamah al-Maqdisi in “Ithbat Sifat al-Uluw” after saying: “The mentioning
of the authentic and clear hadiths that Allah Almighty in heaven”
3)The One In Heaven will have Mercy on
You
Narrated by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr that the messenger of Allah ﷺsaid:
{The merciful people will be shown mercy by The Most Merciful
(Allah). Have mercy on those on earth and the one in heaven will
have mercy on you. 'Ar-Rahm (the womb) derives its name from Ar-
Rahman the Most Merciful. So whoever links it (meaning Kith and
Kin) Allah will link him, and whoever cuts it off, Allah will cut him
off.}
Narrated by Abu Dawud (5038) and Al-Tirmidhi (1924) and he said: This is a
good and authentic hadith. It was narrated by Al-Hakim (7631) and he said:
This hadith has an authentic chain of narration, and they did not report it
(Bukhari and Muslim). Al-Dhahabi commented and He said: Authentic.
Harb al-Kirmani said (d. 280 H): Ishaq said [bin Rahawayh] in the hadith of
Abu Razin Al-‘Uqaili: He said: “In a cloud over which there is air, and under
which there is air.” This means that he was in a cloud before he created the
heavens and the earths, and it’s interpretation with the people of knowledge:
He was in {}ﻋﻤﺎء, meaning: a cloud. (6)
___________
(4) To make you aware, I found in the official copy of the “Maktaba Al-Shamela” {ودﻧﺎ
}ﻟﻠﺠ(ﺎرmeaning {then to the Irresistible, the Lord of Honor and Majesty he approached}.
So be aware. The correct is { }اﻟﺠ(ﺎر ودﻧﺎas in Bukhari.
(5) ”Tarikh Baghdad” vol 14 p 392/Tabaqat al-Nahwiyeen li Abu Bakr al-Ishbili , p. 199
___________
(7) It was narrated by Al-Khara’iti in “Fadilat Al-Shukr lilaah ‘ala Ni’matih”. Al-Ramadi
narrated to us [Ahmed bin Mansour. Abu Hatim, Al-Daraqutni and others authenticated
him]. He said: Abdullah bin Salih narrated to us [weak. and his weakness does not matter
in the hadith from the way of his observer Yahya bin Bakeer among the most correct of
what was narrated] And Ibn Bukair [Yahya bin Abdullah bin Bukair. Ibn ’Adi said: He was
the neighbor of Al-Layth bin Sa’d, and he is the most reliable of the people in it] that Al-
Layth narrated to them, he said: ‘Aqeel bin Khalid narrated to me [Bin Khalid.
Trustworthy, it has been narrated from him in the two Sahihs (Bukhari and Muslim),
Ahmad, Yahya, Abu Zur’a and a group authenticated him], on the authority of Ibn Shihab
[Al-Zuhri. One of the great memorizers and scholars, he said: Salim bin ‘Abdullah [bin
Umar bin Al-Khattab. One of the seven fuqaha’ (scholars of fiqh). It was Narrated from
him in the two Sahihs, that Ka`b al-Ahbar said to Omar bin al-Khattab... the narration.
And Al-Darimi narrated it on the authority of Abdullah bin Saleh in it.
3) Aisha The Mother of The Believers (R)
Aisha (R) said: {By Allah! I am afraid if I wanted to kill him; I
would have killed [meaning Othman (R)], but Allah knew from above
His Throne that I did not like to kill him.}
Al-Darimi narrated it in Al-Radd ‘ala al-Jahmiyyah (35) with an authentic
chain of narration (8)
___________
{8} He said, and Musa bin Ismail narrated to us [Al-Manqari. Trustworthy, Yahya, Abu
Hatim, and others authenticated him], Juwayriyyah, meaning Ibn Asma’, narrated to us
[trustworthy, Bukhari and Muslim narrated through him. Ahmed authenticated him, and
Abu Hatim said: Saleh (good)], He said: I heard Nafe’ [and he is the mawla (servant) of Ibn
‘Omar. A great imam] say: ‘Aisha said… the narration.
5) Ibn ’Abbas (R)
On the authority of Dhakwan, the mawla (servant) of ‘Aisha: {He
asked ‘Aisha (R) for permission for Ibn ‘Abbas to visit her when she
was dying, and her nephew ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdul Rahman was with
her. . . and Ibn ‘Abbas said: you were the most beloved of the wifes to
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he only loved the kind/good. And
Allah glory be to him sent down your innocence from above seven
heavens}
Narrated by Ahmad (3262) and the annotators under the supervision of Al-
Arna’ut said: Its chain of narration is strong on the authority of Muslim. Its
narrators are trustworthy, all the men (in the chain) are of the two sheikhs
(Bukhari and Muslim) except Ibn Khathim - and his name is ‘Abdullah bin
Othman bin Khathim, for he is from the men of Muslim.
And Al-Darimi narrated it in Al-Radd ‘ala al-Jahmiyyah (36) and Ibn Hibban
in his Sahih (7108).
Ibn ‘Abbas (R) also said {When Allah spoke to Musa ﷺ, the call was
in heaven, and Allah was in heaven.}
“Khalq Af ‘al al-’Ibad” by Al-Bukhari (p. 40) and Al-Hana’i narrated it in Al-
Fawa’id (300)
6) ’Abdullah bin Mas’oud (R)
’Abdullah bin Mas’oud said: {The distance between the lower heaven
and the one that follows it is that of five hundred years, and between
every two heavens is the distance of five hundred years, and between
the seventh heaven and the Kursi (chair) is five hundred years, and
between the Kursi and the water is five hundred years, and the
Throne is above the water, and Allah Almighty is above the Throne,
and He knows what you are upon.}
Narrated by Al-Darimi in Al-Radd ‘ala al-Jahmiyyah (81), Al-Tabarani in Al-
Kabeer (8986), Al-Bayhaqi in al-Asmaa’ wa al-Sifaat (851), and Al-Lalaka’i
(659), all of them from the way of ‘Asim on the authority of Zirr, and it is
graded as good (hasan)
Author: Shams al-Din Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Qaymiz al-
Dhahabi (d. 748 H)
he said: "This is Qutaybah in his Imamate and his truthfulness, conveyed the
consensus on the issue, and he met Malik, Al-Layth, Hammad bin Zaid and the
big ones, and ‘Umar for some time, and the memorizers crowded at his door.
4) Abu Zur’ah al-Razi (d. 264 H)
And
5) Abu Hatim al-Razi (d. 277 H)
‘Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Hatim said: I asked my father and Abu
Zur’ah about the doctrines of Ahl al-Sunnah regarding the
fundamentals of the religion, in which they found the scholars upon in
all cities, and what they believe from it. And they said: {We met the
scholars from all the cities of Hijaz, ’Iraq, Shaam and Yeman, and
from their doctrine was: that imaan (belief) is qawl wa ‘amal (speech
and action), It increases and decreases... and that Allah Almighty is
above His Throne, separate from His creation as He described
Himself in His Book, and through the speech of His Messenger ﷺ,
without kayf (how). He encompasses everything with his knowledge,
﴾there is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing﴿
Book: Sharh ‘Usul I'tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jama'ah (321)
Author: Abu al-Qasim Hibatullah bin al-Hasan al-Razi al-Lalaka’i (d. 418 H)
And he said: {And the word of the Muslims united upon that Allah
Almighty is above His Throne, above His heavens.}
Book: Naqd al-Imam 'Othman bin Sa'eed al-Darimi 'ala al-Marisi al-Jahmi al-
'Anid” (p. 78) / (p. 120)
Author: Abu Sa‘eed ‘Othman bin Sa’eed al-Darimi al-Sijistani (d. 280 H)
Author: Abu Muhammad Harb bin Ismail bin Khalaf al-Kirmani (d. 280 H)
Author: Ibn al-Wazir, Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin ‘Ali bin al-Murtada bin al-
Mufaddal al-Hasani al-Qasimi, Abu ‘Abdillah ‘izz Al-Din from the family of
Al-Wazir (d. 840 H)
Annotated, perfected it’s text and ruling giver of the hadiths: Shuaib Al-
Arna’out
Author: Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Khuzaymah bin al-Mughira bin
Saleh bin Bakr al-Sulami al-Naysaburi (d. 311 AH)
{Whoever does not acknowledge that Allah Almighty has risen above
His Throne above his seven heavens, then he is a Kafir (disbeliever) in
his Lord and He must be asked to repent. If he repents, otherwise his
neck is to be hit (beheaded), and he is to be thrown into some rubbish
dump where the Muslims and covenanters are not harmed by the
stench of his corpse, and his money is to be Fay’ (Al-Fay' is what the
Muslims get from the infidels without a fight) It is not to be inherited
by any of the Muslims because the Muslim does not inherit the infidel
as he ﷺsaid.}
Al-Hakim narrated it on his authority with an authentic chain of narration
﴾Do you feel secure that the One Who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you
up?﴿
And He said:
﴾ُﺼﺎﻟُِﺢ ﻳَـْﺮﻓَـﻌُﻪ ِ ِ ِ
ْ َ﴿إِﻟَْﻴﻪ ﻳ
ُ ّﺼَﻌُﺪ اﻟَْﻜﻠُﻢ اﻟﻄﱠﻴ
ﺐ َواﻟَْﻌَﻤُﻞ اﻟ ﱠ
﴾To Him good words ascend, and righteous deeds are raised up by Him﴿
And He said:
﴾ض ِ ِ ِ
َ ﴿َوﺳَﻊ ُﻛْﺮﺳﻴﱡﻪُ اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات َواْﻷَْر
﴾His chair (kursi) extends over the heavens and the earth﴿
and the hadiths have come on the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, that
Allah Almighty will place His chair (kursi) on the Day of judgment to
judge between His creation.}
Book: Risalah ila Ahl al-Thaghr bi-Bab al-Abwab, p. 117-130
Author: Abu al-Hasan ’Ali bin Isma’il bin Ishaq bin Salem bin Isma’il bin
’Abdullah bin Musa bin Abi-Burdah bin Abi-Musa al-Ash’ari (d. 324 H)
Annotator: ‘Abdullah Shaker Muhammad al-Junaidi
Edition: 1413 H
Author: Abu al-Hasan ’Ali bin Isma’il bin Ishaq bin Salem bin Isma’il bin
’Abdullah bin Musa bin Abi-Burdah bin Abi-Musa al-Ash’ari (d. 324 H)
Author: Abu Bakr Muhammad bin al-Hussain bin Abdullah al-Ajurri al-
Baghdadi
﴾ض ِ ِ ِ
َ ﴿َوﺳَﻊ ُﻛْﺮﺳﻴﱡﻪُ اﻟﱠﺴَﻤﺎَوات َواْﻷَْر
429 H)
Said: {Muslims from Ahl al-Sunnah unanimously agreed that the
meaning of His saying:
and the likes of it from the Qur’an is his knowledge, and that Allah
Almighty is above the heavens Himself, above his Throne however he
wills. And Ahl al-Sunnah said regarding his saying:
that the Istiwa’ of Allah above His Throne is reality, not a metaphor.
For groups of the Mu'tazila and Jahmiyyah said that it is not
permissible for Allah Almighty to be called by these names in reality,
and that these are only for created beings.}
Al-Dhahabi mentioned it in Al-‘Uluw (566)
16 ) Abu Nu’aim al-Asbahani (d. 430 H)
Said: {Our way is the way of the Salaf (predecessors) who follow the
Book (Qur’an), the Sunnah, and the consensus of the ummah
(nation)... And that the established hadiths in regards of The Throne
and Allah’s istiwa’ (rising above it), they (the salaf) say it and affirm
it without the “how” or comparing, and that Allah is separate from
His creation, and creation is separate from Him, He does not dwell in
them nor does He mix with them, and He is above His Throne in His
heaven, not on earth.}
Al-Dhahabi mentioned it in al-‘Uluw (561) quoting from his book: “Al-
I’tiqad”
Then Al-Dhahabi said: “and this imam conveyed the consensus on this saying,
praise be to Allah, and he was the Hafidh of the non-Arabs in his time without
dispute. He combined between good (elevated) narration and Achieving the
know-how. Ibn ‘Asakir the hafidh mentioned him in “Ashab Abu al-Hasan al-
Ash’ari”
17 ) Abu Nasr al-Sijzi (d. 444 H)
Said: {Our imams, such as Sufyan al-Thawri, Malik, Hammad bin
Salamah, Hammad bin Zaid, Sufyan bin ’Uyaynah, Al-Fudayl, Ibn
al-Mubarak, Ahmad and Ishaq, all agree that Allah, the Exalted, bi-
dhatih (himself) is above the Throne, and His Knowledge is
everywhere, and that He descends to the lowest heaven [as in the
hadith], and that He becomes angry and pleased, and He speaks
whatever He wills.}
Al-Dhahabi transmitted it in al-‘Uluw (569) from the book “Al-Ibanah” by Al-
Sijzi.
Al-Dhahabi said: I said he is the one who transmitted it from them, well-
known and well-preserved, except for the word “bi-dhatih” for it is from his
own bag (his wording) attributed to them in meaning to differentiate between
the throne and other places.
Al-Sijzi also said:
{and Ahmad Bin Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, stated that
Allah Almighty bi-dhatih (himself) is above the Throne, and His
Knowledge is everywhere. He and others narrated that on the
authority of ‘Abdullah bin Nafe’ on the authority of Malik bin Anas
(Imam Malik), may Allah have mercy upon him. Likewise it was
narrated by more than one person with Ibn Nafe’ on the authority of
Malik bin Anas, it was also narrated by the trustworthy on the
authority of Sufyan bin Sa’eed al-Thawri, and similar to it was
narrated on the authority of Al-Awza’i, and these are the imams of
the horizons. And the belief of the people of haqq (truth) is that Allah,
Glory be to Him, is above the Throne bi-dhatih (himself), without
Mumasah (touching), and that the Karramiyyah and those who
follow them on the saying of Mumasah are misguided.}
Book: Risalat al-Sijzi ila Ahl Zabid fi al-Radd 'Ala Man Ankar al-Harf wa-al-
Sawt” p. 186-190
Author: ‘Abdullah bin Sa’id Al-Sijzi al-Wa’ili al-Bakri, Abu Nasr (d. 444 H)
﴾It is Allah Who has raised the heavens without pillars—as you can see—then rose
above the Throne﴿
﴾then rose above the Throne. ˹He is˺ the Most Compassionate! Ask ˹none other than˺
the All-Knowledgeable about Himself﴿
they (Ahl al-hadith) affirm to Him (Allah) what Allah Almighty has
affirmed. And they believe in it and believe their Lord, may He be
glorified and exalted, in his saying, and they utter what the Glorified
and Exalted said about His rising above The Throne, and they pass
it along with the apparent meaning and entrust it’s knowledge to
Allah, and they say (as Allah said)
just as Allah the Most High told about those who are well-established
in knowledge that they say that, and He is pleased with them. He
praised them for it.}
Book: ‘Aqeedat al-Salaf Ashab al-Hadith p. 40 with my annotation.
19 ) Ibn ’Abd al-Barr (d. 463 H)
Said: {and in this hadith, there is evidence that Allah, the Mighty and
Sublime, is in heaven above The Throne, above the seven heavens,
and His knowledge is everywhere as Ahl al-Sunnah, the people of
fiqh and athar agreed.}
Book: Al-Istithkar, vol. 2, p. 527
Author: Abu ‘Omar Yusuf bin ‘Abdullah bin Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Barr
bin ‘Asim al-Namri al-Qurtubi (d. 463 H)
Muslims have unanimously agreed that Allah is the High, the Most
High. and the Qur’an stated this in his saying:
and they [Ibn Furak and his companions] claimed that this is the
overpowerment highness. Not al-Dhat (Allah himself being above).
And according to Muslims, to Allah Almighty is overpowerment in
highness and all the other aspects of highness, because highness is a
description of praise, so it is proven that Allah Almighty has the
highness bi-dhatih (himself being above), and highness in Attributes,
and highness in Subjugation and Overpowerment.
Author: Isma’il bin Muhammad bin al-Fadhl bin ‘Ali al-Qurashi al-Tulayhi al-
Tayymiy al-Asbahani, Abu al-Qasim, nicknamed Qiwam al-Sunnah (d. 535 H)
Publisher: Dar al-Raya - Saudi Arabia / Riyadh Second Edition, 1419 H - 1999
AD
21 ) Ibn Rushd al-Hafeed (d. 605 H)
Said: {The saying regarding the direction: As for this characteristic,
the people of the Shari’a continued affirming it to Allah Almighty,
until the Mu’tazila denied it, then followed them on its negation the
latecomers of Ash’arites such as Abi al-Ma’ali (al-Juwayni) and those
who followed his saying, and the apparent of the Shari’a requires
affirmation of direction. ... Because all the laws (sharai’as of the
people before us) are based on the fact that Allah is in heaven, and
that angels descend from it with revelation to the Prophets, and from
the heaven books were sent down, and to it was the Isra’ of the
Prophet ﷺ, until he was close to Sidrat al-Muntaha. And all the wise
have agreed that Allah and the angels are in heaven, as all the laws
have agreed.}
Book: Al Kashf ‘an Minhaaj al-‘Adila fi ‘Aqa’id al-Millah p. 145
Author: Abu al-Walid Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ahmad
bin Rushd al-Qurtubi Known as Ibn Rushd al-Hafeed
661 H)
Said: {And From the ’aqeedah (doctrine) of Ahl al-hadith who are the
people of the Sunnah and the imams of Muslims and their scholars,
they believe and testify: that whoever says: {Allah Almighty has not a
Hadd (limit)} meaning by that: that Allah is everywhere, or that He
has not risen above The Throne as known in the hearts of the general
masses, or is not, glory be to Him a Shakhs (an individual) and not a
shai’ (thing), or Allah is not in a direction, nor does He have a place;
then He has apostatized from the religion of Islam and joined the
polytheists, and disbelieved in Allah and His ayat (verses) and what
His Messenger ﷺcame with. Exalted far above is Allah from what
our opponents say.}
Book: Ithbat al-Hadd lillah p. 180
Author: Mahmoud bin Abi al-Qasim bin Badran al-‘Anmi al-Dashti (d. 661
H)
Author: ’Ali bin Ibrahim bin Dawud bin Salman bin Sulaiman, Abu al-Hasan
‘Alaa al-Din Ibn al-‘Attar
Annotator: Dr. Sa’d bin Hlel al-Zuwaihri Publisher: Wizarat al-Awqaf wa al-
Shu’un al-Islamiyyah, Qatar
Author: Taqi al-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad bin ‘Abdul Halim Ibn Taymiyyah
(d. 728 H)
Author: Shams al-Din Abu ‘Abdulliah Muhammad bin Ahmad Bin ‘Othman
bin Qaimaz al-Dhahabi (d. 748 H)
{and Allah is above his Throne as the first generations agreed upon,
as the Imams narrated of them.}
Book: Al-’Ulwu lil-’Ali Al-Ghaffar (pg. 596)
Author: Shams al-Din Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Qaymaz Al-Dhahabi (d.
748 AH)
ﺼﻠِِﻪ َﺟَﻬﻨﱠَﻢ ِِ ِ﴿وﻣﻦ ﻳَﺸﺎﻗِِﻖ اﻟﱠﺮﺳﻮَل ِﻣﻦ ﺑـﻌِﺪ ﻣﺎ ﺗَـﺒﱠﲔ ﻟَﻪ اْﳍَﺪى وﻳـﺘﱠﺒِﻊ َﻏﲑ ﺳﺒِﻴِﻞ اﻟْﻤْﺆِﻣﻨ
ْ ُﲔ ﻧـَُﻮﻟّﻪ َﻣﺎ ﺗَـَﻮﱠﱃ َوﻧ
َ ُ َ َْ ْ َ َ ُ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ُ ََ
﴾ﺼًﲑا ِتﻣ
َ ْ ََوَﺳﺎء
﴾ And whoever opposes the Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and
follows other than the way of the believers – We will give him what he has taken and drive
him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination [ ﴿ An-Nisa: 115]
﴾﴿َوﻻ ﺗُِﻄْﻊ َﻣْﻦ أَْﻏَﻔْﻠﻨَﺎ ﻗَـْﻠﺒَﻪُ َﻋﻦ ِذْﻛِﺮَ~ َواﺗﱠـﺒََﻊ َﻫَﻮاﻩُ َوَﻛﺎَن أَْﻣُﺮﻩُ ﻓُـُﺮﻃًﺎ
﴾ And do not obey those whose hearts We have made heedless of Our remembrance. who
follow ˹only˺ their desires and whose state is ˹total˺ loss [ ﴿ Al-Kahf: 28]
ِ ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِﻚ ر
ﲔ ِّ َر1ﲔ َواْﳊَْﻤُﺪ ﱠ
َ ب اﻟَْﻌﺎﻟَﻤ ّ َ َ ِّ﴿ُﺳْﺒَﺤﺎَن َرﺑ
َ ب اﻟْﻌﱠﺰِة َﻋﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَﺼُﻔﻮَن َوَﺳﻼٌم َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟُْﻤْﺮَﺳﻠ
﴾
﴾ Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe And peace upon
the messengers And All praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds [ ﴿ As-Saffat:
180-182]